NEW 2011 Kwakka ZX-10R

**R-Soul** · 19th October 2010, 13:22

by all acounts 200PS WITHOUT ram air power increase... putting 10 hp more and 6kg less on teh BMW S1000R

Weight all up 198kg, giving incredible power to weight ratios around 1.1.

and traction control and ABS...

The Japs have upped the ante again... awesome!!! Cant wait for the Honda/Suzi/Yammie offerigs after this...

http://www.gizmag.com/2011-kawasaki-...r-ninja/16596/

**sil3nt** · 19th October 2010, 13:37

Will be interesting seeing what the others bring out. But as no one has ridden the kwaka yet its impossible to tell how it will shape up against the BMW as a road bike.

**EJK** · 19th October 2010, 13:51

How much? $30k+?

**R-Soul** · 19th October 2010, 14:12

Originally Posted by EJK

How much? $30k+?

They were quoting 11,500 POUNDS on MCN.

**ducatilover** · 19th October 2010, 14:24

Can't wait for a dyno/track shoot out! We have all seen some "power figures" posted by Kwaka before that didn't quite correlate to more power than the rest...
Haven't come that far from the Gixxer K5 in terms of oomph, with the exception of the CBR and it's stupendous torque curve.

**White trash** · 19th October 2010, 15:29

All figures are quoted by Kumandsukme and should therefore be taken with a fucking big grain of salt.

The thing that impressed me about the S1000R, is there was far less pre-release hype regarding who's arees it was about to kick. In true BMW fashion, they slipped the thing into the market and all of a sudden you've got a bike that under promised and over delivered. Wish all the manufacturers had the same approach.

Where's my pipe and slippers......

**cowboyz** · 19th October 2010, 15:47

it does look awesome...

now those that know me know I am pretty loyal to kawasaki. id rather be lookng good than fast but finally it looks like kwaka might be doing something! Will be awesome what others are going to bring to the table now.

comments are ummmm.. interesting???

How about getting rid of the antique chain drive for a nice belt.

ejbisch
- October 10, 2010 @ 11:10 am CDT

This is awesome, but I wish it was a twin. They sound so great.

David Maguire
- October 8, 2010 @ 09:10 am CDT

americans?!!? FFS!

**trailblazer** · 19th October 2010, 20:01

nice looking bike. Now where to find the coin to get one.

**CHOPPA** · 20th October 2010, 06:40

200hp at the wheel? Yeah na

S1000RR is more then 200hp at the crank

**R-Soul** · 20th October 2010, 13:42

Originally Posted by CHOPPA

200hp at the wheel? Yeah na

S1000RR is more then 200hp at the crank

BMW claim 193 at the crank.

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...iew-88974.html

That prolly equates to about 180 at the back wheel.

Kawa claim 200 at the crank without ram air - which would increase it to (about)
210
Not sure what ram air does to BMW?

EDIT: It depends on whether they are using metric HP (PS, 735.5 W), which are slightly smaller than British HP (745.7 W) .
Prolly better to compare in kilowatts...

**R-Soul** · 20th October 2010, 13:44

I would be interested to read the road tests to see what the actual handling is like. Its all fine and well having a monster engine and fancy electronics, but if it handles like a dog, who cares?

Look how far Honda has gone (BOTY for two years) with an engine that is not high powered by any standards.

**R-Soul** · 20th October 2010, 13:54

OK here are true figures:

BMW - 142 kW (193 hp) with overall weight of 204 kg (450 lb) including fuel
Kwakka - 147.1kw (197hp) with overall weight of 198kg including fuel

figures without ram air

**White trash** · 20th October 2010, 13:57

Originally Posted by R-Soul

OK here are true figures:

BMW - 142 kW (193 hp) with overall weight of 204 kg (450 lb) including fuel
Kwakka - 147.1kw (197hp) with overall weight of 198kg including fuel

figures without ram air

Claimed by the manufacturers

**Owl** · 20th October 2010, 16:52

Originally Posted by White trash

Claimed by the manufacturers

They wouldn't lie

**ducatilover** · 20th October 2010, 18:24

Didn't kwaka claim 200hp in 07 with ram air? I do recall 162-165hp on dyno tests? Similar to the gixxer K5.
The tests done on the S1000RR are so widely varied you don't know what to believe.

I really hope this new 10R is making that kind of grunt though, it will give Hoonduh/zuki and yammy a kick in the pink bits.